Aginter Press

Aginter Press, also known under the names Order and Tradition (Portuguese: Ordem e Tradição) and Armed Organization Against International Communism (French: Organisation Armée contre le Communisme International), was an international anti-communist mercenary organization disguised as a press agency and active between 1966 and 1974. Founded in Lisbon, Portugal in September 1966 under António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo, Aginter Press was set up and directed by Captain Yves Guérin-Sérac, who had been a member of the OAS, a paramilitary and terrorist group which fought against Algerian insurgents towards the end of the Algerian War (1954–1962). Aginter Press trained its members in covert action techniques, including bombings, silent assassinations, subversion techniques, clandestine communication and infiltration and counter-insurgency.